Artist/author Kazuki Takahashi first tried to break into

the manga business in 1982, but success eluded him

until Yu-Gi-Oh! debuted in the Japanese Weekly
Shonen Jump magazine in 1996. Yu-Gi-Oh!'s themes
of friendship and fighting, together with Takahashi's
weird and wonderful art, soon became enormously
successful, spawning a real-world card game, video
games, and two anime series. A lifelong gamer,
Takahashi enjoys Shogi (Japanese chess), Mahjong,
card games, and tabletop RPGs, among other games.
 SHONEN JUMP MANGA

Vol. 1
DUELIST KINGDOM
STORY AND ART BY
KAZUKITAKAHASHI
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' CONTENTS

i Duel 1 Challenge!!
Duel 2 Don’t Draw that Card!!
Duel 3 Countdown!!
Duel 4 I Won’t Lose!!
Duel 5 Fate on the High Seas!!
Duel 6 Let the Duel Begin!
Duel 7 The Trap
Duel 8 The Ultimate Great Moth
Duel 9 Demon Lightning
Duel 10 The Siren
Master of the Cards
Previews
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